Satellite Phone In Remote Australia - Who Is Eligible?

The chance to get a new satellite phone with some assistance is a very real proposition to many rural Australians. There is a large amount of info available on the web on this subject. People need to be connected and for many in Australia the only way to do this is by sat phone. By taking just a little time what is actually being offered with the subsidy plan is pretty obvious.

Questions about what types of phones the subsidy will offer is always open to speculation. The rules however state that if the dwelling is a permanent structure, it and the occupants are disqualified. The subsidy is specific for phones that are always mobile and on the move. The mobile type can either be hand-held or installed in a vehicle, as long as it is continually moving.

Don't make the mistake of buying the phone before you have completed the application process and have been approved. Unless you show up to a phone dealer with an approved purchaser form, you will not get the subsidy. It is not up to the dealer to approve or otherwise whether or not you will get the subsidy help. It is important to keep that in mind so that you are sure of getting the full benefit.

A terrestrial coverage area is always a hot button issue. Just by checking the maps to see if your area falls within a mobile covered area, could mean that the hot button topic might become personal and justification for dispute. This usually can be easily solved and proven, by supplying a written statement from many of the carriers that they indeed, do not offer service in the contested area in question. Many times this is proof enough to overturn the ruling or to rule in your favor with subsidy help you have been seeking.

The subsidy will also help you to get a replacement phone if you have had yours for three years or more and you got the phone through the help of a subsidy in the past. Having documentation for whatever it is that you are after always helps the process go through more smoothly and quicker. The simple act of having the application filled out completely will make the process go through faster. That means having a local dealer listed in the form as well as all other necessary info.